224.10-620 Public education program on reducing and managing waste. The Kentucky Environmental Education Council, the Energy and Environment Cabinet, and the Department of Education shall establish a program to educate the citizens of the Commonwealth of the importance of reducing and managing waste effectively, the need for individual action to reduce the amount and toxicity of solid waste being disposed, the need for alternative disposal methods to landfilling for toxic materials commonly used in or around households such as cleaners, solvents, pesticides, and automotive and paint products, and the necessity of implementing environmentally protective management and disposal mechanisms for the solid waste that is generated. In helping develop the educational programs, the Department of Education shall identify and adopt mechanisms to inform students throughout the Commonwealth of the importance of reducing and managing solid waste effectively. Effective: July 15, 2010 History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 356, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 67, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1991 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec. 15, effective February 26, 1991. Formerly codified as KRS 224.832.